One Day at a Time On Tuesday, I’m writing a speech to tell the group talking about how each individual has improved and how great we’re going to do at the meet. I planned to talk about how great things start from having a relentless belief in ourselves and in what we can accomplish together. How we write down goals at the beginning of the season because we believe we can do them and not just because it’s a desire of ours. I was going to talk about how we...

Seattle Metropolitan Aquatic Club Divisional Recap 100 percent PERSONAL RECORDS Kenan Bier Jack Evanson Kate Stanley Lucas Evanson T Pearson Addy Carr Aubrey Fain Dixon Fain Alex Kabacy Joe Lauinger Kaitlyn Vu Josie Lloyd Owen Spencer Peyton Fulmer Gabrielle Hammock Gabriel LeVander Daniel LeVander Colby Moses Ailie Peter Vincent Pham Evelyn Simmons Avery Stender Owen Stender Elena Warner Jeanette Zhao Wyatt Herzog Kate Beckman Cambell Foster Cole Fung Paige Fung Daniel Geraghty Nora McCarthy Anita Nordwall Cordelia White Matilda White Moira Williams Cheyenne Bertch Tala Estes Quinn McCullough New Age...

In preparation for Championship season, SMAC traveled to Colorado Springs to visit the Olympic Training Center February 23rd-26th. A jammed pack 4-day training trip which included 6 - 2hour LCM pool sessions, 4 classroom meetings, and, 2 strength & conditioning sessions. When swimmers weren’t training, they spent time eating together in the cafeteria or playing cards in the dorm halls. In the pool, swimmers continued preparation for their championship meets by splitting into stroke groups in the morning sessions and focusing on speed & power in the evening sessions. In...

Good afternoon, This past weekend, our team went down to Chandler, Arizona and took part in the 2020 Lost Dutchman Invitational, which was hosted by Rio Solado Swim Club at Chandler High School. The meet started a little slow with a travel day taking us right to the pool upon arrival, but just like the weather, things started to heat up pretty quickly. We had many top 8 finishers, and individual high point winners over the four day meet filled with great experiences and sunshine. The athletes with top 8...

Winter Jr Championship Recap SMAC co-hosted Winter Jr Championships at KCAC last Tuesday-Saturday. We started off the meet with long course time trials where Tyler Lu got his 2nd olympic trial cut in the 200 im! SMAC had 10 qualifiers and 4 relay-only athletes compete in the meet where we finished 18th in the combined team scores. We jumped up 15 places from 2018. SMAC men were 12th and SMAC women were 39th. In 2018, our combined score was 38 points and this year we scored 107 points. The improvement...

To kick off the championship season, SMAC traveled to Snohomish for the Fall Divisional meet. This was a great opportunity for the athletes who competed. There was lots of fast swimming and lots of fun. 100% BEST TIMES Evan Angeline Jackson Butcher Safia Cao Paisley Laukala Gabriel LeVander Daniel LeVander Jonah Medvinsky Colby Moses Sam Shinkle Owen Stender Jeanette Zhao Melia Nelson Taylor Matthews Elayne Chen Odin Schwab Kate Beckman Aaron Chen Morgan Julien Alex Menshutkin Bennett Rosenberg Sienna Schnitzius Kenji Slusser Alex Thornewell Kyle Vu Moira Williams Grant Bowman...

Husky Invitational New Cuts: Tyler Lu- 100 back Olympic Trial Cut Remy Freeman- 100 breast Winter Jrs Cut Vlad Gilszmer- 100 back, 200 back Futures Cut Dylan Ling- 200 breast Futures Cut Cat Andrews- 50 free, 100 free Zones Cut Mia Foster- 200 free Zones Cut Ian Scott- 100 free, 200 free PNS Champs Cut Justin Wang- 100 free PNS Champs Cut Alisa Rangel- 100 fly PNS Champs Cut Jake Hanley- 50 free PNS Champs Cut Sarah Jacobson- 50 free PNS Champs Cut Top 32: Ella Haskins: 50 free 16th...

SMAC athletes did a great job representing the club and their schools over the weekend at Girl’s High School State! Our athletes carried themselves well at the meet swimming fast and having fun! Balancing club and high school swim is a challenge and we’re happy to see them wrap up the season with some great swims. We’re excited to get them back to practice and keep improving everyday! SMAC State Athletes: Kate Leary: 100 fly- STATE CHAMP! New Winter Jr Cut 100 bk- 2nd Elke Ambach: 200 fr- 5th 100...

QMeet & UPAC Distance Meet Recap With Championship season approaching, SMAC athletes took an opportunity for some fast swimming over the weekend at the Q Meet and UPAC’s distance meet. As a team, SMAC swimmers picked up 53 new PNS Champs cuts, 9 new Age Group Regional cuts, 46 new Gold times, and 69 athletes swam 100% lifetime best times in all their events. Keep up the great work, SMAC! New PNS Cuts Daniel Koo – 100/200 BK Evan Angeline – 200 BK Kyle Cobden – 400 IM, 200 Fly...

Tickets for USA Swimming Winter Junior Nationals are on sale now. Passes for all sessions are $60 for adults, $45 for youth and seniors, and $25 for high school students. Passes for individual sessions are $25 for adults, $15 for youth and seniors, and $5 for high school students. This is an opportunity to watch your SMAC teammates race against the fastest 18 and under competition in the country. Come support your team and your teammates. Full ticket information can be found here.